Tuesday, September 20, 2016 Wednesday, September 21, 2016
Memphis, Tennessee
September 20–22
Join fellow change champions and equity advocates to get equipped, empowered and energized to continue changing systems in support of every student.
Tuesday, September 20, 2016
Use our Guidebook convening app and start building your Rise Up agenda today! Download Guidebook via your App Store and search for “2016 C2C Network Convening”
3:00–6:00 p.m.
Convening Check-In
4:30–6:00 p.m.
Role Alikes • Director Role Alike: Emerging • Director Role Alike: Sustaining • Data Manager Role Alike • Facilitator Role Alike • Communications & Community Engagement Staff Role Alike
6:15–7:15 p.m.
Welcome Reception
Wednesday, September 21, 2016 7:00–8:00 a.m.
Convening Check-In
8:00–9:30 a.m.
Rise Up: Education Excellence for Every Child Opening Plenary Session
10:00–12:00 p.m.
Deep Dives • VIZ-ualize Data: Showcasing the Power of Tableau in Four Communities • Increasing FAFSA Completion: Lessons Learned from StriveTogether’s Impact & Improvement Network • Engaging Schools & Partners in Creating and Measuring Action on the Ground • Closing Gaps: A Powerful Model for My Brother’s Keeper Success • Customer First: Right Person, Right Data, Right Time
12:30–1:45 p.m.
The Necessary Conditions for Unleashing, Becky Margiotta, The Billions Institute Lunch Plenary Session
2:15–3:30 p.m.
Concurrent Workshops: Block 1 • Early Education: Data and Assessment Aligned • Empowering Parents through Vroom: A Tale of Two Cities • Advising DREAMers: Resource Guide for College Access • Targeted Strategies from the StriveTogether Expert Convening • Measuring Tutoring Dosage: We Have an App for That • Tools and Techniques for Bringing the Chronic Absence Conversation Home • Pioneering a Culture of Continuous Improvement • Adapting for Results: Human-Centered Design & Implementation • Northeast Indiana’s Public/Private Collaboration to Change a University • Ch-Ch-Changes: Surviving Transitions as a Partnership strivetogether.org
Memphis, Tennessee
September 20–22
Wednesday, September 21, 2016, continued 4:00–5:15 p.m.
Concurrent Workshops: Block 2 • Engaging Youth in Promotion of Early Literacy • From ESSA to Equity: Implications of the Federal Law • Improving in Place: Promoting School Readiness Through Home-Based Child Care • Continuous Improvement in Practice: FAFSA Project Evolution • Using Text Messages to Promote College Access and Success • Flipping Investments: Proving it Philanthropically, Sustaining it Publically • Teacher Education: A Critical Piece to Moving Outcomes at Scale • The Shelby County Early Childhood Education Plan: A Primer • Change Agent Teams: Working with the Willing • Going Where the Data Leads You: Case Study of Every Student, Every Day
6:00–7:00 p.m.
Network Reception
THURSDAY, September 22, 2016 7:00–8:00 a.m.
Convening Check-In
8:00–9:15 a.m.
Stories of Impact Breakfast Plenary Session
9:30–10:30 a.m.
Team Time
10:45–12:00 p.m. Concurrent Workshops: Block 3 • Improving Actions and Moving Outcomes: StriveTogether’s Continuous Improvement Methodology • Keeping Students On-Track to Graduate from High School • Tackling Summer Slide More Effectively: Tales of Continuous Improvement • School Transformation: A Case Study • Exploring Sustainable Financing Options to Improve Cradle to Career Community Level Outcomes • Building a Collaboration Among Local Funders • Continually Improving Collective Impact Partnerships Using Network Science • Diplomas - Using Rapid Cycle Data to Learn What Works for Latino Students • Essential Ingredients: How to Build a Culture of Continuous Improvement • Ready, Set, RE-Set! Embracing a CAN’s Shifting Cycle of Work 12:30–2:00 p.m.
Six Disruptive Demographics That Will Change the U.S. Forever, Dr. Jim Johnson, The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Closing Plenary Session Please note this is a draft agenda for the Convening and sessions are subject to some change before we come together in September. strivetogether.org
September 20–22
Join fellow change champions and equity advocates to get equipped, empowered and energized to continue changing systems in support of every student.
Tuesday, September 20, 2016
Use our Guidebook convening app and start building your Rise Up agenda today! Download Guidebook via your App Store and search for “2016 C2C Network Convening”
3:00–6:00 p.m.
Convening Check-In
4:30–6:00 p.m.
Role Alikes • Director Role Alike: Emerging • Director Role Alike: Sustaining • Data Manager Role Alike • Facilitator Role Alike • Communications & Community Engagement Staff Role Alike
6:15–7:15 p.m.
Welcome Reception
Wednesday, September 21, 2016 7:00–8:00 a.m.
Convening Check-In
8:00–9:30 a.m.
Rise Up: Education Excellence for Every Child Opening Plenary Session
10:00–12:00 p.m.
Deep Dives • VIZ-ualize Data: Showcasing the Power of Tableau in Four Communities • Increasing FAFSA Completion: Lessons Learned from StriveTogether’s Impact & Improvement Network • Engaging Schools & Partners in Creating and Measuring Action on the Ground • Closing Gaps: A Powerful Model for My Brother’s Keeper Success • Customer First: Right Person, Right Data, Right Time
12:30–1:45 p.m.
The Necessary Conditions for Unleashing, Becky Margiotta, The Billions Institute Lunch Plenary Session
2:15–3:30 p.m.
Concurrent Workshops: Block 1 • Early Education: Data and Assessment Aligned • Empowering Parents through Vroom: A Tale of Two Cities • Advising DREAMers: Resource Guide for College Access • Targeted Strategies from the StriveTogether Expert Convening • Measuring Tutoring Dosage: We Have an App for That • Tools and Techniques for Bringing the Chronic Absence Conversation Home • Pioneering a Culture of Continuous Improvement • Adapting for Results: Human-Centered Design & Implementation • Northeast Indiana’s Public/Private Collaboration to Change a University • Ch-Ch-Changes: Surviving Transitions as a Partnership strivetogether.org
Memphis, Tennessee
September 20–22
Wednesday, September 21, 2016, continued 4:00–5:15 p.m.
Concurrent Workshops: Block 2 • Engaging Youth in Promotion of Early Literacy • From ESSA to Equity: Implications of the Federal Law • Improving in Place: Promoting School Readiness Through Home-Based Child Care • Continuous Improvement in Practice: FAFSA Project Evolution • Using Text Messages to Promote College Access and Success • Flipping Investments: Proving it Philanthropically, Sustaining it Publically • Teacher Education: A Critical Piece to Moving Outcomes at Scale • The Shelby County Early Childhood Education Plan: A Primer • Change Agent Teams: Working with the Willing • Going Where the Data Leads You: Case Study of Every Student, Every Day
6:00–7:00 p.m.
Network Reception
THURSDAY, September 22, 2016 7:00–8:00 a.m.
Convening Check-In
8:00–9:15 a.m.
Stories of Impact Breakfast Plenary Session
9:30–10:30 a.m.
Team Time
10:45–12:00 p.m. Concurrent Workshops: Block 3 • Improving Actions and Moving Outcomes: StriveTogether’s Continuous Improvement Methodology • Keeping Students On-Track to Graduate from High School • Tackling Summer Slide More Effectively: Tales of Continuous Improvement • School Transformation: A Case Study • Exploring Sustainable Financing Options to Improve Cradle to Career Community Level Outcomes • Building a Collaboration Among Local Funders • Continually Improving Collective Impact Partnerships Using Network Science • Diplomas - Using Rapid Cycle Data to Learn What Works for Latino Students • Essential Ingredients: How to Build a Culture of Continuous Improvement • Ready, Set, RE-Set! Embracing a CAN’s Shifting Cycle of Work 12:30–2:00 p.m.
Six Disruptive Demographics That Will Change the U.S. Forever, Dr. Jim Johnson, The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Closing Plenary Session Please note this is a draft agenda for the Convening and sessions are subject to some change before we come together in September. strivetogether.org
